US states by consumer spending on housing

California had the highest consumer spending on housing of 51 states in 2021, at $365.01 billion. Wyoming had the lowest, at $3.83 billion. The median was $26.86 billion and the figure for the United States was $2.46 trillion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest365,009.1California

Lowest3,828.8Wyoming

Median26,860.951 states

United States2,464,445.6History

Map of states, 2021

Under 9,000
9,000 to 15K
15K to 27K
27K to 47K
47K to 69K
69K and over

USD million, 2021. Source: BEA, SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2021

USD million. Source: BEA, SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2021 USD million	Change on 2020
1	California	365,009.1	+5%
2	Texas	199,216.7	+7.2%
3	Florida	193,770.4	+5.2%
4	New York	172,291.4	+5.1%
5	Illinois	87,693	+3.3%
6	Pennsylvania	87,613.7	+4.8%
7	New Jersey	83,332.6	+6.6%
8	Georgia	69,488.8	+7.3%
9	Virginia	68,865.6	+6.7%
10	Ohio	68,281.1	+6%
11	North Carolina	68,061.8	+6.2%
12	Washington	67,787.3	+4.1%
13	Michigan	65,863.9	+3.9%
14	Massachusetts	64,321.2	+4.9%
15	Colorado	55,414.3	+10.7%
16	Arizona	55,240.9	+9.8%
17	Maryland	52,603.6	+5.4%
18	Tennessee	43,492.7	+6.9%
19	Minnesota	42,412.1	+10.8%
20	Indiana	38,339.2	+4%
21	Wisconsin	36,982.8	+7.5%
22	Missouri	35,359.1	+2.1%
23	South Carolina	35,277.6	+5.8%
24	Oregon	32,446.2	+4%
25	Connecticut	31,205.7	+4%
26	Alabama	26,860.9	+6.6%
27	Louisiana	25,082.5	+2.4%
28	Nevada	24,159.5	+4.9%
29	Kentucky	23,194.7	+3.7%
30	Utah	21,928.4	+11.2%
31	Oklahoma	21,332.9	+6.8%
32	Iowa	17,880.4	+7.1%
33	Kansas	16,023	-1.7%
34	Arkansas	15,377.6	+7.4%
35	Mississippi	14,422.2	+3.9%
36	Hawaii	13,148.7	+3.8%
37	Idaho	12,605.3	+15.1%
38	New Mexico	12,496	+4%
39	Nebraska	11,678.9	+6.5%
40	New Hampshire	11,583.3	+0.2%
41	Maine	10,734.3	+5.6%
42	West Virginia	8,932.9	-0%
43	Rhode Island	8,466.4	+8.2%
44	District of Columbia	8,451.3	+12.7%
45	Delaware	7,926.3	+11.2%
46	Montana	7,656.5	+12.3%
47	Alaska	5,410	+10.2%
48	Vermont	5,395.2	-2.2%
49	South Dakota	4,994.1	+7.9%
50	North Dakota	4,504.6	-6.6%
51	Wyoming	3,828.8	-3.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Personal consumption expenditures on housing services: rent paid by tenants, the imputed rent of owner-occupied homes, farm dwellings and group housing, by the households and nonprofit institutions serving households resident in the place, in millions of current US dollars. Bureau of Economic Analysis, PCE by state by type of product (table SAPCE3, line 50, Housing); the national figure equals the national accounts (NIPA table 2.4.5).

About three quarters is the rent homeowners would pay for their own home, an estimate that is not a cash outlay. Mortgage payments are not consumer spending. Millions of current US dollars: not adjusted for inflation or for price differences between states (see regional_price_parity). Spending is assigned to the state where the buyer lives, wherever the purchase is made. It includes purchases paid on behalf of households by employers, insurers and government programs, and the spending of nonprofit institutions serving households. Not the same as retail sales, which count store sales where the store is, and not the PCE price index. BEA revises the latest years every September.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states (US states by consumer spending on housing, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip

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SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending on housing, 2021. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-housing/us-states?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. US states by consumer spending on housing, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-housing/us-states?period=2021.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states, US states by consumer spending on housing, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/consumer-spending-housing/us-states?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest consumer spending on housing?

California, with $365.01 billion in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which state has the lowest consumer spending on housing?

Wyoming, with $3.83 billion in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, housing (line 50), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12.